[missbirdphotos] Re: An idea for helping each other learn about post-processing
- From: "Judy Howle" <howle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:42:36 -0500
Sounds good to me! For sharing images, you can use Dropbox
<https://www.dropbox.com/> https://www.dropbox.com/ The basic 2 Gb of
storage is free. I also use their free mobile apps on my iPhone and iPad to
move photos around. I'll upload one of the coot on the rocks and send a
link to it. And I'll do another version with more natural processing <grin>
(Some i.e. many of my photos probably appear "over-processed" to some people
but I like more contrast and more saturated colors and sometimes I add a
vignette to make the subject stand out, but it's not to everyone's taste.
I'm an artist too and sometimes that persona just takes over.)
Judy Howle
Southern Exposures
<http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com> http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com
Digital Photography Class; Resources for Photographers
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From: missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frank Hensley
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:52 AM
To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [missbirdphotos] An idea for helping each other learn about
post-processing
I wonder what you all think of this: (Oops, sorry. I live in MS now, don't
I? I'll try again.)
I wonder what y'all think of this: If someone would volunteer to post a RAW
photo (probably too big for an attachment, so it would need to go on a
server for download) and then anyone who wanted to could try
post-processing. Give people a couple of days to find time to work on it,
and then people could post .jpgs of their work and we could compare results,
discussing both the aspects of the work and the advantages/disadvantages of
the software used. People could also keep track of how many steps it took
and how much actual time was spent. I'm prompted to do this because I think
some people's work just "pops" and others I look at and say "that's
photoshopped" because the results look over-processed and unnatural to me.
Now we'd need some ground rules. Discussion would have to be civil of course
and allow for the fact we have different tastes and personal preferences.
But I think I would stand to learn a lot, and also it would help me make
some decisions about whether to buy some more expensive software or to keep
using the free stuff I rely on.
It might be best if we had two volunteers at a time, one to post a Nikon RAW
image and one to post a Canon RAW, in case people use software that only
handles one format. I'd be happy to volunteer a Nikon shot if I can figure
out how to make it available for download...
What do you think of the idea? Participation voluntary, or course. We could
set a date for the "big reveal" and then commence discussion. I can think
of several ways to do this that would be educational. For example, we could
do an initial round for a photo with good exposure, then maybe a round that
is overexposed and practice rescue techniques. One round could have rippling
water as a background, but since it is MS maybe a snowy background is a low
priority ("Hallelujah!" says the guy who moved here from Chicago!). I think
the only requirement for the photos used would be that they are in focus and
close to correct exposure. They would not have to be anyone's best work -
just workable.
Your thoughts? How many of you would play, if we tried this?
-Frank
P.S. Can you tell I'm on Spring Break from school? :)
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